Ruler.



P. E. SHEE.

-RULER.

' APPLICATION FILED mum, 1911.

Patented May 21, 1912.

A WITNESSES I 1 c/fbmfl'w' V EMAESAZZZ :OLUMIXA PLANOGRAMI 60.,WASMINQ'I'ON. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PARKE E. SHEE, F LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 HARVEY B. LUTZ, 0F

LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

RULER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application-filed August 5, 1911.

Patented May 21, 1912.

Serial No. 642,517.

' To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, PARKE SHEE, a citizen of the United States, residingat Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Rulers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

vision of a ruler which is particularly useful for draftsmen andbook-keepers and which will provide a very desirable advertising device,by having on its face a space for advertising as well as combining otheradvantages.

To attain the desired objects my invention consists of a ruler embodyingnovel features of construction and arrangement of its partssubstantially as disclosed herein.

Figure 1 represents a perspective View of the ruler, looking upon itstop or face. Fig. 2 represents a similar view of the ruler from the backor rear face, and Fig. 3 represents a transverse sectional view on line33 of Fig. 2 showing the manner of re taining the pads or blotters.

The ruler A is made of any desired size and bears upon its face a scaleB and preferably a flexible material of any suitable kind is employed.From each end is stamped the pair of clips O and the series ofintermediate alternately arranged single clips D, which receive the twosets of parallel pads or blotting strips E, composed of a series oflayers to completely and snugly fit within the clips. It will be seenthat the blotting strips may be readily inserted and removed from theclips when desired but will not become accidentally detached. It is alsoapparent that the ruler can be used for measuring purposes and that myimprove- Gopies of this patent may he obtained for ments do notinterfere with the use of the ruler for such purposes. It will also beseen that the making of the ruler of flexible material renders itparticularly desired for the use of book-keepers as the ruler willconform to the shape of the book and permit the drawing of a line acrossthe entire page without changing the position of the ruler and also thatthe blotting pad prevents soiling or staining of the book or surfacesupon which the ruler is used. It will also be seen that the clips arestamped from the center of the body of the ruler and projecttransversely toward the edge and that I use a pair of clips at each endand a series of intermediate alternately arranged single clips, whichconstruction permits the easy application and removal of the pads andalso provides a separate pad at each edge of the ruler.

One of the most important features of my ruler is the construction andarrangement of the clips which open outward and permit the readyapplication and removal of the blotters and also permit the use of twosets of blotters. Also the end double clips and the intermediate singlealternate clips hold the two sets of blotters in the best possiblemanner while allowing easy removal anl insertion of the strips asrequired.

I claim:

1. A ruler having at each end a pair of oppositely disposed clips and aseries of intermediate clips arranged along the ruler, and a series ofpads fitting in said clips along each edge of the ruler.

2. A ruler made of flexible material and having stamped out from thematerial at each end oppositely disposed clips and a series ofintermediate clips arranged along the ruler, and a pair of blotting padssecured to the ruler by said clips.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PARKE E; SHEE. Witnesses;

ALFRED B. DENT, W N. MOORE.

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